[Elecraft] K3 Spot Tone Level

[Scott Ellington]

How about independent control of sidetone and spot level?

Scott  K9MA


On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Tommy Alderman wrote:

> No! When sending CW I prefer a LOUD sidetone and would NOT like to see it
> changed from its adjustability it presently has.
> 
> Tom - W4BQF
> 
> 
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> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Spot Tone Level
> 
> The K3 "Spot" tone level apparently tracks the "Monitor" sidetone level.  I
> like to keep the sidetone level as low as possible to minimize fatigue, but
> at that level the Spot tone is inaudible.  If I haven't just been
> transmitting, I lose track of just where the sidetone was, so the Spot tone
> would help me zero-beat accurately.  Anyone else have that problem?  (CWT
> isn't useful if there are multiple signals in the passband, as there usually
> are in contests.)
> 

Scott Ellington
Madison, Wisconsin
USA